Class Policies & Procedures

• Come to class and be ready to learn and start working on the daily Starter Problem.

• Class participation is a negotiated grade between each student and myself. It is based upon:

  • how well you behave in class?

  • how hard you work on classwork?

  • how well you work on work assigned outside of class?

  • how well you learn to ask insightful questions?

  • how well you follow directions?

  • how well you follow class procedures?

  • how well you help other students?

  • how much you contribute electronically to the class wiki?

  • how well are you progressing on Khan Academy drills?

• The class determines when they are ready to take a test (there are NO retakes)

• There is a brief pop quiz almost every day

• There is not regular drill-oriented homework for the entire class

  • homework in other forms may be given (i.e., videos, projects, etc.)

  • homework will be given to individual students who need specific extra work

  • homework will also be given based on a parents' request

• Grades are: 20% projects/tests, 55% quizzes, 15% class participation, 10% individual project

  • Quizzes with scores of 95+ are weighted at 120%

  • Quizzes with scores of 70 or lower are weigthed at 50%

  • All other quiz scores are weighted at 100%